Strachan blasts Finance Ministry
A frustrated Auditor General Adrian Strachan has lashed the Dr. Omar Davies-led Ministry of Finance and Planning for the role it has played in facilitating and perpetuating the perennial breaching of government guidelines. A stern Strachan said...
INSPORTS foul play? - Auditor General's Report highlight financial breaches
FINANCIAL DISCREPANCIES based on the Auditor General's 2006 Annual Report could land the Institute of Sports Ltd. (INSPORTS) in hot water. According to the audit done for the 2005-2006 financial year, $12.1 million of employer's contributions and statutory deductions...
Man barred from having a girlfriend
PETERBOROUGH, Ontario (AP): A judge has ruled that a 24-year-old Canadian man is not allowed to have a girlfriend for the next three years. The ruling came after Steven Cranley pleaded guilty on Tuesday to several charges stemming from an assault on a former girlfriend.
Remember Dad this Sunday
Some fathers no longer want socks and ties as gifts. They, too, want presents that speak to their personality and taste, gifts that mean 'I love you Dad'. Damion Whyte, 37, a father of two, told The Gleaner that persons need to put more emphasis into gift buying for Father's Day.
Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) gain is Northern Ireland's loss
The appointment to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) of one of the Police Service of Northern Ireland's (PSNI) leading anti-corruption detectives could damage that country's own reform effort. Justin Felice is one of five British senior officers recruited to ranks...
Portmore resident on gun charge
A resident of Portmore, St. Catherine, has been detained by the Special Gun Unit, following the seizure of two high-powered weapons, that were intercepted at a warehouse in Kingston yesterday. Reports are that the guns, an AK-47 rifle and a shotgun...
UK diaspora lobby group to be formed
The creation of a United Kingdom (U.K.) diaspora lobby group will be one of the pressing issues to be discussed at the second national conference of the Jamaican Diaspora U.K. set for Diaspora Day, tomorrow. The event, which will take place at West Bromwich...
Pathologists dead beat - One doctor performs up to 11 autopsies per day!
It is commonplace for one pathologist to conduct up to 11 post-mortems per day at the Government Forensic Pathology Facility at the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine, said Dr. Carolyn Gomes, executive director of the activist organisation, Jamaicans For Justice.
'Don's' brother killed in shoot-out
WESTERN BUREAU: A 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot in a confrontation with police in Farm Heights, St. James, on Wednesday night, has been identified as the brother of the slain Stone Crusher gang leader, Rohan 'Don' Gordon. The dead teenager, Jermaine Gordon...
Costa Rica imposes visa on Jamaicans
Effective today, Jamaicans wishing to travel to Costa Rica will need to obtain visas. However, Jamaicans who have valid visas to enter the United States or countries within Europe are excluded, the Costa Rican Embassy said. The embassy further advised...
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